temperature coefficient

Noun

 * 1)  A coefficient which relates the change of the magnitude of a physical property to a unit change in temperature.

Usage notes
Thermal coefficients have been defined for many physical properties such as electrical resistance and thermal expansion. Typically a coefficient can be regarded as constant only over a certain temperature range.

Translations

 * Finnish: lämpötilakerroin
 * German: Temperaturkoeffizient, Temperaturbeiwert
 * Spanish: coeficiente de temperatura
 * Swedish: temperaturkoefficient